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Re: Dwight Freeney

The reason the Colts don't want him, other than his cap number, is because he's 32 years old learning to play OLB for the first time. Why would we bring him here to do the same thing? Don't act desperate. We don't even know that we need to replace Suggs for the entire season.

Re: Dwight Freeney

Originally Posted by wickedsolo

Osi would be a better bet because his cap hit is about 11 mill less than Freeney's.

If the Ravens can sign Ray Rice long term, then they will have some cap room to maneuver. Say they trade for Osi to shore up their pass rush early in the season, and Suggs comes back by November. Can you imagine the monster pass rush the Ravens could possibly have by the time the playoffs role around?

Re: Dwight Freeney

Originally Posted by Dirt1

If the Ravens can sign Ray Rice long term, then they will have some cap room to maneuver. Say they trade for Osi to shore up their pass rush early in the season, and Suggs comes back by November. Can you imagine the monster pass rush the Ravens could possibly have by the time the playoffs role around?

The Giants won the Super Bowl getting guys back and healthy towards the end of the season. It would be great.

Re: Dwight Freeney

Originally Posted by Dragz

Huh?

I think he wants to know who the next man up will be.

DeputyDawg
Kruger/Kindle/Upshaw/McAdoo/McPhee/Ngata and so on and so forth. Every player on the defense needs to step their game up. That's what next man up means- not that one guy needs to reproduce Suggs' 14 sacks from last year, but that as a unit, the defense needs to account for the lost production either in improved pass rush from other players, improved secondary play, etc etc.

Re: Dwight Freeney

Freeney is another pure pass rusher who is not a good fit for this defensive scheme. The Ravens really asked a lot of Terrell Suggs. He wasn't just rushing the passer.

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Re: Dwight Freeney

Originally Posted by goodandfast

I think he wants to know who the next man up will be.

DeputyDawg
Kruger/Kindle/Upshaw/McAdoo/McPhee/Ngata and so on and so forth. Every player on the defense needs to step their game up. That's what next man up means- not that one guy needs to reproduce Suggs' 14 sacks from last year, but that as a unit, the defense needs to account for the lost production either in improved pass rush from other players, improved secondary play, etc etc.

You hit it right on the head, cousin. Thank you for fleshing out my thought.